A handout photo made available by Indonesia's national disaster management (BNPB) shows the ruins of a house after a tsunami hit the Sunda Strait in Banten on Saturday night. (EPA-EFE photo)JAKARTA: At least 43 people died and another 584 injured in Indonesia on the islands of Java and Sumatra when a tsunami struck areas around the Sunda Strait late on Saturday following a sub-sea landslide caused by a volcano, the government's Disaster Mitigation Agency said on Sunday. According to a statement from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), "the tsunami hit several areas of the Sunda Strait, including beaches in Pandeglang regency, Serang, and South Lampung." The tsunami struck at around 9.30pm. Reuters videoEndan Permana, head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency in Pandeglang, told Metro TV police were providing immediate assistance to victims in Tanjung Lesung in Banten province, a popular tourist getaway not far from Jakarta, as emergency workers had not arrived in the area yet.

Source: Bangkok Post December 23, 2018 00:56 UTC